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Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:35:35 +0000Joomla! - Open Source Content Managementen-gb2015-2016: What Is The Most Welcoming European Country For LGBTQ People?https://www.lezbelib.com/europe-news/2015-2016-what-is-the-most-welcoming-european-country-for-lgbtq-people
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Like every year, it's time to take a quick look at the situation in Europe. So what are the most welcoming countries for LGBTQ people?

ILGA-Europe (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) has published its annual report, "the Rainbow Report 2016", in which it takes stock of the current situation in term of hospitality of LGBTQ people, both from a political and a public point of view.

So the first thing we see is the divide between an Eastern Europe that closes and a Western Europe that opens, what was already the case last year.

We could see this fracture to settle a little more each year with laws against gay "propaganda" in the East, while in the West more and more countries approve the equal marriage.

Let's start with the worst countries for our community:

With a score of only 5%, Azerbaijan comes last on the list. Azerbaijan is a country that is located just below Russia, meanwhile, is no better, with 7% tied with Armenia, which is located on the side of Azerbaijan.

In the report, there are those who fall like Poland, where homophobic and transphobic statementsin public are increasing, and there are those who are improving as Austria, where the insemination is open to lesbians and the ban on joint adoption has been removed; as Greece, where a civil partnership for same-sex couples was approved and where intersex people were officially recognized; and as Ireland, where the people approved marriage equality by referendum and where gender was officially recognized with the Gender Recognition Act.

Not so bad:

Germany is not bad with 55% despite the government's refusal to allow marriage for same-sex couples. France is improving with 2% more than the previous year, 67%, due to advances in the field of health: the opening of the blood donation by homosexual people and especially, the provision of PrEP, which is a effectivetreatment against HIV transmission.

Finally, here is the podium of the most welcoming European countries for LGBTQ people:

The UK, with a score of 81%, is third with laws allowing same-sex marriage approved by Jersey or the Isle Of Man and many advances in gender recognition.

Belgium is second with a score of 82% thanks to the automatic recognition of the second mother and the desire to better legally recognize gender.

But which country is therefore number one and becomes the most welcoming country for us? Well it's an island. Indeed Malta, with a score of 88%, topped the rankings!Malta is located just below Italy and it gets high marks thanks to the Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act which allows better protections for LGBTQ people. ILGA-Europe says Malta is an example to follow in terms of education policy for transgender, intersex and gender-variant children, becoming the first country in Europe to worry about their well-being.

A survey by Odoxa allows us to learn a little more about what Europeans think about insemination for lesbian women.

Indeed, we must know that in some European countries only heterosexual women have access to insemination. The lesbian women often have to travel to other countries to be inseminated.

But this Odoxa survey reveals that although the law is not existing, 57% of the general population are in favor of opening the insemination for homosexual women.

If we look in more detail at the country level, we see that the Germans are in favor of openness to 65%, 62% of French, and the Italians are also in favor of openness to 56%.

These results are quite good and again, there is a gap between the country's politics, what the government wants, and what people would like.

While these prohibitions in these countries receive in England and Spain that allow insemination to homosexual women,which care for women from countries that do not allow them wishing to have a child through insemination.

After, the Spanish and the British understand that these women come to their country to be able to have this intervention, but they would like these foreign women pay more intervention than women in their own country.

82% of Spanish and 70% of the British would like to see countries, which currently do not allow insemination, opening to homosexual women so that they can use this process within their country .

Moreover, the survey reveals that 48% of British simply wish that these foreign women could not come to their country for this intervention.

The Danish Parliament has made a historic decision for transgender rights since in effect it annulled the classification of transgender identities as mental illness.

This decision will thus allow transgender people to change easier their identity on their ID card or other. So far, trans people who wanted to change identity had to automatically go through psychiatric evaluations to ensure that they were not crazy, which was totally shameful. We are really happy to see that the Danish Parliament has gone in the direction of equal and much more acceptable treatmentof transgender people.

Denmark is thus among the first countries to reclassify its mental disorder. You should know that the World Health Organization (WHO) has requested that the International Classification of Disorders to be revised by 2018 and therefore the removal of transgender identity as a mental disorder is part of these changes requested by the WHO.

Currently, there are still countries which regard transgender identity as a mental illness, we obviously hope other countries will quickly enoughfollow the example of Denmark.In 2010, France became the first country to stop regarding transgender people as a mental disorder.

In France, from January 29 to February 1, professional soccer players of League 1 and League 2 will wear rainbow shoelaces during games and workouts to show their support to diversity and to fight against discrimination in sport.

The initiative was launched last year by Panamboyz United, an LGBT soccer club for men and women, and other soccer organizations.

]]>info@lezbelib.com (E-Li)Sport & YogaThu, 21 Jan 2016 23:53:55 +0000A New LGBT Center Will Be Opened In The West Of France!https://www.lezbelib.com/europe-news/a-new-lgbt-center-will-be-opened-in-the-west-of-france
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Le Refuge, an organization that helps, supports and hosts LGBT youth across France, will open a new center in the city of Rennes in December.

Initially, Le Refuge of Rennes will be open only during the day, but thereafter, there will be someone on duty during the night too.

Pending the opening of the center, an emergency assistance service is already available.

According to France Info TV, based on numbers of suicide attempts among young people in this area, the association estimates that one out of four attempts could match a young LGBT, twice more than in the rest of the country.

Thus, by setting at the heart of the region, the association expects to help more than a hundred LGBT youth.

The largest Protestant church in France just allowed pastors to celebrate same-sex marriages.

It is now two years since France has legalized marriage equality, so it was time for the church to open its doors to same-sex couples. And the decision has been widely supported as 94 delegates out of 100 have approved the measure.

«The synod has decided to take a step forward in accompanying people and these couples by opening the possibility of celebrating liturgical blessings if they want,» said Laurent Schlumberger, president of the Church.

«It’s an option, not an obligation,» as «every pastor and every parish is free to implement this change.»

Note that the association SOS Homophobie has released its annual report on LGBTphobia in France. The association finds an encouraging decline in 2014 compared to 2013 that definitely remains a bad year for the French LGBT community.

Despite this decrease, SOS Homophobie is worried about the percentage of school-LGBTphobia which decreased by only 13% and above is worried about the percentage of LGBTphobia in families which increase of 11%!

]]>info@lezbelib.com (E-Li)News From EuropeTue, 19 May 2015 16:57:07 +0000In Collaboration With Isabelle Van Rolleghem And Susan Matthews, Laurel Holloman Combines The Pleasures Of Wine With The Love Of Art Through "L'Interpretation"https://www.lezbelib.com/art-photos/in-collaboration-with-isabelle-van-rolleghem-and-susan-matthews-laurel-holloman-combines-the-pleasures-of-wine-with-the-love-of-art-through-l-interpretation
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The openly bisexual actress Laurel Holloman, we all know for her role as Tina Kennard in «The L Word», continues her career as a painter and the success is measured up to her talent: huge!

After several exhibitions around the world, she has won the Banco Ciudad Best Overall during The Contemporary Art Biennale of Argentina in 2014, Holloman launches into wine and introduces «L'Interpretation».

Isabelle van Rolleghem and Susan Matthews have taken passion for the cultivation of the vine and French wine gourmet after a visit to the Languedoc region. They started to grow their own vines in 2006 in a small village called Saint-Pargoire.

As stated on their website, they decided to create their own range of wines by selecting and blending the best vintages produced in the Languedoc terroir.

Then Van Rolleghem met Holloman in 2011 and the idea of mixing the pleasure of wine and the love of art then emerged.

Thus, we find the paintings of Holloman as labels on the bottles. The rendering is really beautiful! The Holloman's paintings really push the wine forward and vice versa, as you can see in the photo.

Laurel Holloman is currently working for a new exhibition to be held in London on November 16.

Photos from linterpretation.com and laurelholloman.net

]]>info@lezbelib.com (E-Li)Art & PhotosTue, 28 Apr 2015 16:26:24 +0000Two French Lesbian Moms Get The Right To Adopt Children Born To Their Wives And Abroad Through Artificial Inseminationhttps://www.lezbelib.com/europe-news/two-french-lesbian-moms-get-the-right-to-adopt-children-born-to-their-wives-and-abroad-through-artificial-insemination
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While the adoption became legal in France in May 2013, insemination for lesbian couples is still not, but a court allowed four lesbian women to adopt children born to their wives abroad through insemination.

In April 2014, a court in Versailles had rejected the request of a lesbian couple. The court said the child's biological mother had committed fraud by using insemination in Belgium while it is banned in France. But a highest court has just ruled that the use of fertilization techniques abroad is «not an obstacle» to the adoption of the child by the second mother.

The Adoption Act provides that a married same-sex couple can adopt, so there was no reason for the court of Versailles to refuse adoption.

In the South of France, in the city of Aix-en-Provence, another lesbian couple also got the same verdict by a court of appeals.

In France, there are now 30 companies that have signed the LGBT commitment charter!

Sodexo France, AXA, and Thomson Reuters are the three new companies to sign this charter. They therefore undertake all to fight against discrimination of LGBT employees and promote diversity.

This charter was launched in 2013 by the association Autre Cercle who fight against discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation in the workplace and more generally against homophobia, lesbophobia and transphobia.

«The idea is to educate leaders and employees to avoid a climate of intimidation and hostility toward homosexual or trans* people,» said Catherine Tripon, spokeswoman for Autre Cercle.

A recent study in French companies showed that 6 out of 10 lesbians were discriminated in the last two years.